Experience

We can rely on our partners' extensive experience in domestic and international arbitration and litigation, as well as in many other areas of practice acquired in their previous firms (see Our Team).

We have acted as counsel or arbitrators under a variety of applicable laws and arbitration rules, including those of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution, the Danish Arbitration Institute, the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, the Milan Arbitration Chamber, UNCITRAL, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the European Development Fund and the Court of Arbitration for Sports (TAS/CAS), and in different seats.

We have a very significant expertise in investor-State arbitrations, having acted in many arbitrations of this kind, including for the successful claimant in the well-known Saipem S.p.A. v. The People's Republic of Bangladesh (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/07), which for the first time recognized that the interference with arbitral proceedings by state courts can amount to a violation of international law and of a bilateral investment treaty.

As counsel and co-counsel we have handled many types of court proceedings, and advised on litigation tactics and many other issues directly or indirectly bearing on pending or envisaged litigation.

Investor in ICSID proceedings arising from unlawful interference in arbitration by the courts of the seat (Saipem v. People’s Republic of Bangladesh, ICSID Case No. ARB/05/07)

Dutch and Belgian investors in ICSID arbitration against Egypt relating to the dredging of the Suez Canal (Jan de Nul N.V. and Dredging International N.V. v. Arab Republic of Egypt, ICSID Case No. ARB/04/13)

Italian investor in ICSID arbitration against Georgia in relation to an investment in a pipe plant (Ares International S.r.l. and Metalgeo S.r.l. v. Georgia, ICSID Case No. ARB/05/23)

Leading Italian fashion group in ICC arbitration on the licensing of the brand for the production of luxury watches

Spanish company against railroad equipment manufacturer in ICC arbitration

Designated by the ICC to decide two disputes on the allocation of generic Top Domain Level names under the new ICANN rules

Party appointed on a question of Italian law in ICC proceedings

REPRESENTING

Utility in follow-on antitrust damages suit following a commitments decision of the Italian competition authority

Construction company in proceedings to prevent the abusive cashing of first demand guarantees by foreign State entities

Formula 1 team and an electricity importer in two interim proceedings and obtaining the rejection of applications for attachments relying on an innovative application of the Brussels I Regulation on jurisdiction and enforcement of judgments

Spanish company in proceedings for the setting aside of an international award

Italian company in cartel proceedings before the European Commission and then before the General Court of the European Union

Foreign service provider before the European Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Italian courts and the Italian competition authority in relation to Italian legislation in violation of the freedoms to provide services and of establishment

ADVISING

Italian company on its defense strategy in a threatened follow-on antitrust damages suit in a foreign court and assisting in settlement

Director of a foreign subsidiary of an Italian company in settlement negotiations with the trustees in bankruptcy of the Italian parent company

Private clients in multijurisdictional family dispute involving, inter alia, a possible ad hoc arbitration on the relations between a foundation, its members and third parties

Group of professionals on possible actions before the Italian courts, the European Commission and the Italian Competition Authority in relation to the European Union and competition law aspects of activities covered by members of reserved professions

PARTY-APPOINTEDEXPERT

Before Australian court on arbitrability of competition law claims

Before Swedish court in setting aside action against award involving competition law